depute Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb transfer power to someone
    delegate.
  2. verb appoint as a substitute
    deputise; deputize.
  3. verb give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
    assign; delegate; designate.

WordNet

De*pute" transitive verb
Etymology
F. députer, fr. L. deputare to esteem, consider, in LL., to destine, allot; de- + putare to clean, prune, clear up, set in order, reckon, think. See Pure.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Deputed; present participle & verbal noun Deputing
Definitions
  1. To appoint as deputy or agent; to commission to act in one's place; to delegate.
    There is no man deputed of the king to hear thee. 2. Sam. xv. 3.
    Some persons, deputed by a meeting. Macaulay.
  2. To appoint; to assign; to choose. R.
    The most conspicuous places in cities are usually deputed for the erection of statues. Barrow.
De*pute" noun
Definitions
  1. A person deputed; a deputy. Scot.

Webster 1913